Naoko Ishii: An economic case for protecting the planet
Naoko Ishii: Un argumento económico para proteger el planeta
Naoko Ishii leads the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a public financial institution that provides around US$1 billion every year to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Full bio
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about Japanese fishing villages.
sobre las aldeas de pescadores en Japón.
to catch as many as fish as possible,
pescar la mayor cantidad de peces posible.
por toda la comunidad, desaparecerían.
in the community, would disappear.
and poverty for everyone.
dificultades y hambre.
una especie de contrato social
a kind of social contract
to hold back a bit to prevent overfishing.
que pescara un poco menos
an eye on each other.
los unos a los otros
if you were caught cheating.
became clear to everyone,
las ventajas del contrato social,
dramatically dropped.
se redujo drásticamente.
en todo el mundo.
managed water,
las comunidades en Asia,
in the Amazon managed wildlife.
administraban la vida silvestre.
they relied on a finite, shared resource.
de un recurso limitado y compartido.
on how to manage those resources,
para administrar esos recursos,
esos recursos compartidos en el futuro,
to rely on those shared resources tomorrow
water streams today.
de los cursos acuíferos disponibles.
la llamada tragedia de los comunes.
the so-called tragedy of the commons.
la historia de una economía
sentido de pertenencia.
a very strong sense of belonging.
conexión con los bienes comunes.
our connection to the commons.
goals and systems beyond the local,
metas y sistemas más allá de lo local,
de cuidar los bienes comunes.
of taking care of the commons.
as our local commons,
como bienes comunes locales,
of greenhouse gases into the air,
de gases de efecto invernadero,
and industrial waste
y desechos industriales
que absorben el CO2.
much more fragile.
la biodiversidad silvestre.
as global commons:
y la biodiversidad.
the global commons are.
bienes comunes mundiales.
de los bienes comunes mundiales.
of the global commons.
vital to our survival,
vitales para nuestra supervivencia
the tipping points or thresholds
or even catastrophic change.
irreversible o incluso catastrófico.
within safe operating space,
del marco de la seguridad,
in the future.
may tell us something.
personal pueda decirnos algo.
Directora Ejecutiva y Presidente del FMAM,
Global Environment Facility,
anteriores a este puesto
in my home country and around the world.
y en otras partes del mundo.
never crossed my mind.
de los bienes comunes mundiales.
about the global commons
sobre los bienes comunes mundiales
of the global commons
de los bienes comunes mundiales
into the big money decisions
de grandes sumas de dinero
o los planes de inversión.
why do we have this sheer ignorance
acerca de los bienes comunes mundiales?
it didn't really matter too much.
en realidad no importaba mucho.
some part of the environment,
the functions of the earth system.
las funciones del sistema terrestre.
had still enough capacity
todavía tenían suficiente capacidad
of the earth for self-repair
para recuperarse no tenía límites.
the science is very clear:
en una fuerza abrumadora
an overwhelming force
living conditions on earth,
de vida en la Tierra en el futuro,
we are running out of time.
los bienes comunes mundiales.
who are able to preserve it --
de la forma en que los conocemos.
the global commons
a administrar los bienes comunes mundiales
managed their local commons.
administraron sus bienes comunes locales.
que tenemos bienes comunes mundiales
that we do have the global commons
the stewardship of the global commons
de los bienes comunes mundiales
of the fishing villages
de las aldeas de pescadores
sistemas económicos clave
will live in cities.
de la población vivirá en una ciudad.
our energy system.
nuestro sistema de energía.
must sharply decarbonize,
que descarbonizar considerablemente,
our production-consumption system.
sistema de producción-consumo.
take-make-waste consumption patterns.
de consumo de extraer-fabricar-eliminar.
to change our food system,
nuestro sistema alimentario:
on the global commons,
en los bienes comunes mundiales
actors involved.
en la toma de decisiones.
el sistema alimentario.
actualmente es responsable
of greenhouse gas emissions.
de gas de efecto invernadero.
of the world's water resources.
consumidores de agua en el mundo.
is used to grow crops.
de agua se utiliza en agricultura.
are used for agriculture.
extensiones de selva tropical.
1,000 times faster
a un ritmo 1000 veces más rápido
hoy en día a nivel mundial
de partes interesadas
to try to transform the food system
el sistema alimentario
healthy food for everyone,
saludable para todos
reducir considerablemente
on the global commons.
en los bienes comunes mundiales.
island of Sumatra,
a plantaciones de palma aceitera.
in thousands of food products
en miles de productos alimenticios
is just increasing.
creciente de aceite de palma.
con pequeños propietarios de granjas
from growing oil palm.
los días cultivando palma aceitera.
alimenticias globales,
make the change by themselves,
hacer el cambio ellos solos,
under a kind of new contract,
bajo una especie de nuevo contrato,
to protect tropical forests.
proteger las selvas tropicales.
at least for the last few years,
al menos en los últimos años,
actors along the supply chain
a lo largo de la cadena de suministro,
to transform the food system.
el sistema alimentario.
to manage the global commons.
los bienes comunes mundiales.
Ambiente Mundial,
at its center.
los bienes comunes mundiales.
waiting for others to step in,
esperando a que otros intervengan,
will continue to deteriorate,
van a seguir deteriorándose,
from the tragedy of the commons.
de la tragedia de los comunes.
to embrace the global commons.
la idea de los bienes comunes mundiales.
that global commons do exist
comunes mundiales existen
forests, and biodiversity.
bosques y biodiversidad.
left on earth for egoism.
within their safe operating space,
siempre dentro del marco de la seguridad,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naoko Ishii - Environmental policy expertNaoko Ishii leads the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a public financial institution that provides around US$1 billion every year to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems.
Why you should listen
Since taking the helm at the GEF in 2012, Naoko Ishii, an economist by training, has steered the development and implementation of a new long-term strategy that addresses the underlying drivers of environmental degradation. She has put protecting the global commons -- our air, water, biodiversity, forests, land, oceans and a stable climate -- at its center.
Previously, Ishii was Deputy Vice Minister of Finance in Japan and has also worked at the World Bank and the IMF. As a sustainable development leader, Ishii strives to be build coalitions that address the "defining moment" that we're in for the future of the planet. She is a leading advocate on the need to make the environment everybody's business, and she believes safeguarding the global commons is, quite simply, the wisest investment we can make.
Ishii has been profiled for her pioneering work on cities and climate change, and she has highlighted the role of women in driving sustainable change around the world.
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